The Bushmen of the Kalahari, 2005

In 2005 I visited the Bushmen people of the Central Kalahari in Botswana, in conjunction with Survival International, a charity which supports tribal peoples in their struggle to hold onto their ancestral way of life. Many people across the world are finding it difficult to determine their own futures in the face of increasing interest from 'the outside world', and the Bushmen are just one of these groups. Since these photographs were taken, many of the two hundred and fifty people living in the Central Kalahari, some of whom you see here, have been relocated outside the reserve, and it was not known how many remained there, hiding in the bush. By some estimations, it was a few as twenty-five. Despite winning their court case to to be allowed to remain in the the Kalahari, the Bushmen continue to fight for their right to live there, whilst tourist camps and diamond mines have been constructed where their villages used to be.
To read the full story from 2005, click here: Telegraph Magazine - Kalahari
To find out more about Survival International and follow the current Bushmen campaign, please visit www.survivalinternational.org/
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